Just a quick reminder that more than four years after the bloodiest day in U.S. history since Antietam, and the worst attack on our country by foreigners since Pearl Harbor, the person who planned, financed and celebrated that assault is … [Read more...]
No, this is not Photoshop at work
This, rather, is the leader of the free world attempting to exit a press conference in China. This photograph appeared on the front page of today's NY Times.*sigh* … [Read more...]
Today, RFK would have been 80
Wes F. and David Eisenthal have reminded us that today would have been Bobby Kennedy's 80th birthday. Here's a site dedicated to him. I'll just chime in with my thoughts. It seems to me that the Democratic Party, and by extension the … [Read more...]
Return on Community Investment
Len Stewart of Cape Cod Works has a must-read post on how we must look at any health care reform: It's an investment in our community, which will bear real and tangible economic as well as moral benefits. Quoting Dave Rogoff, Director of … [Read more...]
Get your Lowell on
In the House brouhaha (ballyhoo, balderdash) from yesterday, Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Lowell) reacted to Rep. Jean Schmidt calling a Bronze Star Marine a coward: "You guys are pathetic! Pathetic!"Now that's what I call representation. … [Read more...]
Blue.S.A.
Disapproval of Bush is as American as apple pie -- make that blueberry:Now, how is it that NY, VT, and RI dislike him even more than eeeevil librul old MA? Jeez, we got some work to do. … [Read more...]
Heavy navel-gazing on the blogiversary
So, we've been doing this for a year. I thought I'd share some personal thoughts...Early on in 2004, David and I started sending emails back and forth about doing a musical fundraiser for John Kerry. Like many folks, we had been shocked by … [Read more...]
What do you guys actually look like, anyway?
Thanks in large part to the amazing organizational efforts of Lynne at LeftInLowell, we are about three weeks away from what promises to be a watershed event in the nascent history of the Massachusetts blogosphere: … [Read more...]
One Year for America and BMG
A full 12 months have passed since David approached Charley and me with the idea for Blue Mass Group. Hurray for the thousands of activists that have united around this site to work for progressive change in Massachusetts and an end to … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday!
As Bob said earlier this morning, today is Blue Mass. Group's first birthday. Frankly, a year ago I had no idea whether the three of us were cut out to be bloggers - would we be able to post often enough? Would we think of … [Read more...]